Table 1.

Overview of medical evacuations from each health region in Greenland in 2018

Region	Patients transported	Population in the region	Overall incidence pr. 1,000 inhabitants	p-value	Intra-regional medical evacuations (incidence pr. 1,000)	Evacuations to Queen Ingrid´s Hospital, Nuuk (incidence pr. 1,000)	Evacuations to other countries	p-value
Avannaa	119	10,584	11.2	<0.00001	41 (3.9)	74 (7)	4	<0.00001
Disko	68	6533	10.4		23 (3.5)	44 (6.7)	1
Qeqqa	71	9295	7.6		9 (1)	62 (6.7)	0
Semersooq	119	22,738	5.2		16 (0.7)	56 (2.5)	47
Kujataa	55	6624	8.3		18 (2.7)	34 (5.1)	3
Total	432	55,771	7.7		107 (2.2)	270 (5.5)	55

Queen Ingrid´s Hospital is situated in Semersooq. Patients who require specialised treatment exceeding the capabilities within Greenland are usually initially evacuated to Queen Ingrid´s Hospital for treatment or assessment. Most patients transported to another country thus depart from Queen Ingrid´s Hospital. This explains the higher number of transports out of Greenland from the region of Semersooq. A Kruskal-Wallis test applied to test for equality between groups.